VAUDE

Vaude Sport GmbH & Co. KG
GmbH & Co. KG
Industry Mountaineering Equipment, Sporting Goods, Outdoor Clothing, Camping Equipment
Founded 1974
Founder Albrecht von Dewitz
Headquarters Tettnang, Germany
Key people
 Antje von Dewitz (CEO)
Products Outdoor Apparel, Backpacks, Tents, Sleeping Bags
Number of employees
 1600
Website www.vaude.com
Vaude Headquarters in Tettnang, Germany

VAUDE is a German producer of mountain sports equipment. The head office is in Tettnang, Germany. It was founded in 1974 by Albrecht von Dewitz. The name of the firm is derived from the initials of its founder (V, D). The company is 100 percent family owned.[1] In 2009, the management was handed over to his daughter Antje von Dewitz.[2]

Products include tents, backpacks, and sleeping bags. There are 486 employees working in the head office in Germany.[3] The corporate group also owns production facilities in Bỉm Sơn/Vietnam.[4]

In 2006 Edelrid became a part of the Vaude Group.[5] The brands Lucky (climbing supplies) and Markill (camping stoves) were integrated in the Edelrid brand in 2008. Markill was originally a brand of the company Marsteller & Killman founded in Thuringia in 1866 and established in Kettwig in 1907. Marsteller & Killman produced stoves, cooking utensils, food containers, and aluminum bottles.

Corporate social responsibility and environmental protection

In 2014, VAUDE published its first corporate responsibility report established in accordance with the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative.[6] Since 2010, the company is a member of the Fair Wear Foundation, an organisation which is seeking to improve working conditions in the textile industry.[7] To ensure a manufacturing process which is as environmentally friendly and safe as possible, VAUDE applies the bluesign production standard.[8] The company headquarter in Tettnang is climate neutral.

In 2015, VAUDE was one of six companies nominated for the Financial Times' Boldness in Business Award in the category Corporate Responsibility/Environment.[9] At the end of the year, VAUDE has won the first place in the category Germany's Most Sustainable Brand of the prestigious German Sustainability Award.[10]

Regional activities include the running of the company-owned creche for about 30 children,[11] and the take over of the local public swimming pool, to save it from being closed.[12]

VAUDE-sponsored athletes (past and present)

VAUDE-sponsored teams and athletes include:[13]

References

  1. ↑ vaude.com: About us
  2. ↑ http://www.vaude.com/en-GB/VAUDE/History/
  3. ↑ http://csr-report.vaude.com/gri-en/vaude/organizational-profil.php
  4. ↑ http://www.vaude.com/en-GB/Company/About-us/Production-facilities/Vietnam/
  5. ↑ edelrid.de:
  6. ↑ http://www.vaude-csr-report.com/gri-en/gri-index/index.php
  7. ↑ See the documents relating to VAUDE on the fairwear.org website.
  8. ↑ List of the brands being part of bluesign
  9. ↑ List of nominees retrieved 28 October 2015.
  10. ↑ Internet Portal Innovation in Textiles, 1 December 2015.
  11. ↑ As stated on the creche's website
  12. ↑ Interview with Antje von Dewitz on the Family Capital website; retrieved 8 March 2015.
  13. ↑ http://team-vaude.com/
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